Google was originally named "Backrub." Best Buy began as "Sound of Music." Sony was originally "Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo." Nike started out as "Blue Ribbon Sports." In the ministry world, we've seen "Fourth ...

... e second weekend of the New Year is a celebration and vision-casting service. We call it the "I Love My Church Weekend." This single service sets the tone and direction for our ministry for the next 12 mont ...

May I propose a New Year's resolution for 2019? Let's determine to speak up and to speak out, to raise our voices with clarity and compassion, to refuse to hold back regardless of cost or consequence. ...

... in great locations that struggle because of bad leadership. I see churches with great preaching struggle because of poor leadership. Leadership matters. And leadership rests on vision. Charisma doesn't ...

This is the time of year that we all do it; every single one of us is guilty. We make enormous resolutions, only to stumble and fall by the second or third week of the infant year. Generally, when I resolve ...

As we head into a new year, I want to help you think through life planning. I believe in purposeful living, and that means you have to be intentional in where you spend your time. We are told in Ephesians ...

It seems the whole world is drawn to celebrations of some sort at this season of the year. As I wrote recently, our Jewish friends have just celebrated the eight days of Hanukkah; some even featured Hanukkah ...

... our church may be large with a big staff or a small startup with volunteer staff, either way, your team has to be out in front of the change. First, this means they need to have ownership and buy-in of a cl ...

One of the mysteries of history is why, after the Roman Empire accepted Christianity, God allowed the pagan Germanic people to overrun Christian Western Europe 200 years later. The Roman Empire was, of ...

In Part 1 of this series, Fulfilling Your Calling When God Is Silent, I explained what we can do when God is silent about our next steps. In this second part I want to tell you why He is silent at times. ...

Given the average human sleeps eight hours a night—one-third of our time spent on planet Earth—it should come as no surprise that God will at times speak to us through Spirit-inspired dreams. So then why ...

Steven Furtick says the enemy will come for your imagination whenever he wants to come for your destiny. Furtick references the terrorist cell ISIS to make his point about how to defeat anxiety and fear ...

Next Monday on Oct. 8, we celebrate Columbus Day, a day set aside to honor a man who followed his vision to make the greatest discovery in history. We can learn much from his pursuit of his vision. Columbus ...

... t of what you do as a church leader. But your main job as a leader is to remind your congregation continually of your church's vision. Everything else you can delegate. You can't delegate vision. Proverb ...

... heir new home. It didn't take long for me to start feeling like a used-car salesman: dirty, compromised. My strategy grieved my spirit. The truth was that our atmosphere and our vision were called by ...

Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Click here for Part 1. Have you ever tried to cast vision for something and no one joined in? That's no bueno. Here are four ways to see your vision take roo ...

Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Would you like to have a vision for your church that brings meaning, momentum, fruit and growth? It's possible—and likely—for you to see the fruit that comes whe ...

... r market is a result of President Trump's vision. He campaigned with his famous slogan of "Make America Great Again." A component of his vision was to increase the economy and the labor market with tax ...

"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." This statement by Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite quotes because it reminds me of one of the most crucial aspects of our calling as ministers of the gospel: ...